oude koeien uit de sloot halen

== Dutch == === Etymology === Literally, “to get old cows out of the ditch”. This originally referred to the removal of cadavers of drowned cows. === Verb === oude koeien uit de sloot halen (intransitive) to bring up long forgotten unpleasant subjects ==== Usage notes ==== Usually preceded by geen to use the verb as a negative. In that case it is similar in meaning to let bygones be bygones. ==== Conjugation ==== === References ===